The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-02
THAT ~JANESvILLE PAIR

Rev. David Seymour and Mrs. J. A. henry inc
EIOpers, Apprehended in New ~fork-Ihey are
Fopud Among the Steerage Passengers OF a
Steamer from Liverpool,
New York Special OF the 9th says; a
methodist minister and an editor WIG
an interesting combination under any
circumstances; add to it q tlrtauon IN
far Minnesota town, elopement, Il hurried
fight half way across the continent TO
that city and thence TO Liverpool ana
back. q hot pursuit by the irate editor, q
Nocturnal arrest at a New York steamship
dock and YOU have the outline OF
a drama that was unfolded at
jefferson Market police court this morn
ing. For the past two years Kew.
David Seymour has been the most popular
pastor in GAINESVILLE, Waseca county,
Minnesota. His church, the Second
Methodist, was the largest and weSlhlest
in the county and his elOquence and
piety were famed far and wide. On
Aug. l he left GAINESVILLE very un.
expectedly, bnt his friends said h a
he had been suddenly summoned
East to attend to a legacy. At the same
time, however, Mrs. Fannie Henry, the
young and handsome wife OF the editor OF
the GAINESVILLE Argus, also left town very
suddenly for the East, and some oil the
gossips shook their heads mysteriously.
The scandal received an additional impe-
tus when two days later, Editor Henry
left his two little children and
with his brother, also started
eastward, but nothing was known definite
Iy about their destination. On Friday
evening, when the .Adriatic OF the White
Star line arrived from Liverpool at
her dock foot OF West Tenth street, De-
t~ectives Parrazzo and Cush OF Inspector
Byrnes squad were the first TO board her.
They began a careful search among the i'm
migrants in the s~teerage, and o stepped
before q couple who were standing apart
from the other immigrants and gazing out
at the lights oil the city. The mar wore q
rough suit Of gray tweed He was hand
some and diguifed in bearing and devoted
himself to his companion, a pretty little
woman with red hair. Her dress WAS II
plain, black cloth, but there was an IN
her that ilLsuited the ~steerage pas.
senger Of an ocean steamship. De.
tective Parrazzo arrested the man as
Rev. David Seymour on a charge
OF having run away with 500 belonging TO
the treasury of his Minnesota church. The
woman who at once tainted, was Editor
Henry's missing wife, but as there was no
charge against her she vas not arrest
ed. The reverend prisoner was TAX
en- 10 JefeTSOu MdFk6b police
court, where he was remanded until the ar
rival OF his accusers-Editor Henry and his
brother from Europe. Mr.. Henry's chase
after his erring wife has been an exciting
one. He arrived in the city from Mime.
sofa close on the heels Of the clipping
couple. They eluded him, however, and
took passage for Liverpool, the minister
registering as Francis Coverdale. Henry
and his brother followed on the next
steamer, and arrived in Liverpool twelve
hours alter the fugitives, who by that time
had made themselves invisible. The edi.
tor employed q host OF detectives and the
minister, finding that the search was grow
ing uncomfortably hot, decided to double
on his pursuers. He accordingly arrayed
himself and Mrs. Henry in very plain cloth
ing and took passage back for New York in
the ~steerage OF the Adriatic,' as ordinary
emigrants. According to the detectives.
this is not the first affair OF the
SAM kind in which Dominic Seymour
has been implicated. They claim that
a fourteen.year- old girl and a young
wife have also been deceived and deserted
in Illinois by Seymour, who. however.
has succeeded, they say, until now in con-
cealing his connection with the scandal.
The police do not appear to hnve Ii very
high opinion OF Seymour, who is now iii
jail. They say that In additiont Ii running
away With q girl scarcely fourteen
years 81 age, and, after living With aer for
q few weeks, cast her adriFt. He eloped
with a married woman OF his congr6-
cation, whom he also deserted. In both
these instances he escaped punishment, but
in the present one it il likely to 60 hard
with him.. Tbs officers believe that IT was
his Intention to abandon Mrs. Henry on
their arrival in this city. That lady her
self confessed that she was Of the opinion
that she would have to shift for herself
when she reached this city. Seymour was
melancholy when be was put Behind the
prison bars.